Re: Configure /etc/apt/apt-file.conf to use wget or aget
Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> writes:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 04:06:43PM +0100, A. L. Meyers wrote:
>> Hi! Would like to get apt-get to use aget (or wget) to download
>> packages. The docs seem extremely terse on this subject. Would be
>> grateful for guidance on how to edit /etc/apt/apt-file.conf and / or
>> /etc/apt/apt.conf accordingly.
>
> I don't think you can: apt-get does HTTP and FTP internally. May I ask
> why?
To speed up transfer over a slow serial connexion.
Lux
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